Gorillaz brought their star-studded lineup to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Wednesday, October 12th, as part of the final leg of their 2022 world tour. While Gorillaz is primarily the project of frontman Damon Albarn (Blur, The Good, the Bad & the Queen), a Gorillaz live show is always a parade of collaborators and special guests, and the show at Barclays was no exception.
The set featured appearances from Thundercat, Fatoumata Diawara, EarthGang, and longtime Gorillaz collaborators De La Soul and Del the Funky Homosapien. Find the full setlist and photo gallery from Wednesday night below.
Back in June, Gorillaz released the stand-alone single “Cracker Island”. Featuring Thundercat, the song is a classic mix of the nu-disco/rap blend that Gorillaz have been long known for. Thundercat provides the bass line and backing vocals while Bootie Brown delivers the rap verses, both of whom were on hand on Wednesday night to perform it live. The song would ultimately become the title of track of their recently announced eight LP Cracker Island, due out in February 2023.
With the announcement of the new album in August, Gorillaz also unveiled a second single, “New Gold” featuring Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker and Bootie Brown. While Kevin was did not make a surprise appearance as he did in Los Angeles, Bootie Brown performed his part with Kevin’s image embedded into the psychedelic visuals of the live show. The setlist also featured “19-2000” from their 2001 self-titled debut with a surprise appearance from Miho Hatori, who had not performed with the band for more than a decade. Miho was the original voice of the character Noodle in the virtual Gorillaz band that was the foundation of the groups mystique early in their career.
During the encore, Damon welcomed the long time Gorillaz collaborators De La Soul and Del the Funky Homosapien to join them for some of the band’s most iconic songs. De La Soul provided the epic laughing intro and bassy rap verses to “Feel Good Inc.” before Del burst into raucous performances of “Rock The House” and the classic “Clint Eastwood” which sent fans into a frenzy to close out the 2-plus hour, 27 song show.
Gorillaz have a handful of dates left on their 2022 tour, before a period of down time ahead of the new album release in February. Head over to their website for the full list of dates, and check out the photo gallery below from Barclays Center.
Gorillaz, Barclays Center, Brooklyn – October 12, 2022
Setlist: M1 A1, Last Living Souls, Tranz, White Light, Tomorrow Comes Today, 19-2000 (w/ Miho Hatori – first time with Miho since 2010), Rhinestone Eyes, Cracker Island (w/ Thundercat), O Green World, On Melancholy Hill, El Mańana, New Genius (Brother), Empire Ants, Skinny Ape, Kids With Guns (w/ Michelle Ndegwa), Opium (w/ EarthGang), Desolé (w/ Fatoumata Diawara), Andromeda, Dirty Harry (w/ Bootie Brown), Dare! (w/ Rebecca Freckleton and Petra Luke), Momentary Bliss, Plastic Beach
Encore: New Gold (w/ Bootie Brown), Sylo (w/ Bootie Brown), Feel Good Inc. (w/ De La Soul), Rock The House (w/ Del the Funky Homosapien), Clint Eastwood (w/ Del the Funky Homosapien).
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